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The scientific world still wonders at Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity. Surely Anthony Albanese should be in line for a Nobel prize for his ability to turn a $275 energy saving into a 35 per cent loss without any effort.

Richard Henry, Daruka, NSW

When our pollies get it consistently wrong with the small basic stuff, like punters’ power bills, it is reasonable to suspect they cannot be trusted to get it right with big issues like national security and economic management.

Steve Ngeow, Chatswood, NSW

Will the rain and flooding today and tomorrow drown out the voices of the climate change deniers?

Dennis Fitzgerald, Box Hill, Vic

I’m a bit tied up in knots here – isn’t it intolerable if we fail to tolerate the intolerance of the Essendon Footy Club? Aren’t we being intrinsically intolerant when the club’s failure to tolerate should be seen as just another rung on the barely tolerated ladder of tolerated intolerance?

Rosemary O’Brien, Ashfield, NSW

Jeff Kennett opines that the vast majority of (shire) councillors simply do not have the skills to oversee huge budgets (Letters, 12/10). Unfortunately, he fails to mention the shortcomings of the majority of Australia’s federal politicians who have never owned their own business.

Jock Munro, Rankins Springs, NSW

Your editorial on the state of the energy sector is grim news indeed (12/10). It is a real-life example of the Joni Mitchell classic Big Yellow Taxi and the refrain: “Don’t it always seem to go that you don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone.”

Jim Campbell, Fairlight, NSW

It is understandable that today’s politicians blame rising electricity prices on the ineptitude of the previous government and the situation in Europe, but our problems are clearly local and have been building for more than 20 years.

Don Higson, Paddington, NSW

We hear much about Julia Gillard’s 2012 misogyny speech. The speech will no doubt be ranked in the annals of history, up there with the best speeches of Martin Luther King, JFK and Winston Churchill.

Dennis Walker, North Melbourne, Vic

How generous of Elon Musk to offer Taiwan to China as a special zone, whatever that means. Here’s another suggestion, Elon: the Chinese can take over the state of California as a special zone.

Murray Horne, Cressy, Vic